Remittance Landscape - Spaces of Migration in Rural Mexico and Urban Usa

Klappentext Immigrants in the United States send more than $20 billion every year back to Mexico - one of the largest flows of such remittances in the world. The author offers the first extended look at what is done with that money! and in particular how the building boom that it has generated has changed Mexican towns and villages. Zusammenfassung Immigrants in the United States send more than $20 billion every year back to Mexico - one of the largest flows of such remittances in the world. The author offers the first extended look at what is done with that money! and in particular how the building boom that it has generated has changed Mexican towns and villages.

Product details

• Authors: Sarah Lynn Lopez, Lopez Sarah Lynn, Sarah Lynn Lopez
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.01.2015
• EAN: 9780226202815
• ISBN: 978-0-226-20281-5
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; USA, Mexico, Ethnic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, Migration, immigration & emigration, United States of America, USA, Migration, immigration and emigration, Relating to Latin / Hispanic American people, Hispanic & Latino Studies, Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General